Rabbi Yisroel Reisman | |
|---|---|
 Reisman (seated) at a celebratory function with a student and his two teachers at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas c. 2022 | |
| Title | Rosh yeshiva |
| Personal | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Esther Reisman[1] |
| Parent(s) | Avraham and Marylin Reisman[2] |
| Alma mater | Yeshiva Torah Vodaas[1] |
| Position | Rabbi |
| Synagogue | Agudath Yisroel of Madison |
| Yeshiva | Yeshiva Torah Vodaas |
| Organization | Agudas Yisroel |
| Other | Talmudic scholar |
| Residence | Brooklyn |
| Semikhah | Avraham Yaakov Pam |
Yisroel Reisman (Hebrew: ישראל הלוי רייזמן) is an American rabbi and posek[3] (scholar of Jewish law) of Orthodox and Haredi Judaism who resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Reisman is one of the roshei yeshiva (deans) at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas,[4][5][6][7] where he received semikhah (rabbinical ordination). He is the rabbi of the summer camp network run by Agudath Israel of America.[8][9][1] Reisman is the author of several books on halakha (Jewish law) and Tanach (the Jewish bible).
In 2018, when the New York State Education Department issued a directive to all yeshivas operating in New York to come into compliance with statewide educational standards, Reisman co-authored an op-ed with Elya Brudny in the Wall Street Journal voicing their opposition to the guidelines.[10]
Reisman believes that the future of the Jewish people is in Israel, and that the Jews who remain in the diaspora should support Torah study there.[11]